+echo $ac_n "checking for target system""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:5480: checking for target system" >&5
+CYGWIN=
+MINGW=
+case $host_os in
+ *cygwin* ) CYGWIN=yes;;
+ *mingw* ) MINGW=yes;;
+esac
+
+AR=ar
+if test "x$CXX" == "xi586-mingw32msvc-g++"; then
+#fix for the debian distribution of mingw
+ if test -x "/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/bin/ar";then
+ AR="/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/bin/ar"
+ fi
+ if test -x "/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/bin/ranlib";then
+ RANLIB="/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/bin/ranlib"
+ fi
+fi
+
+
+